If I ran a game store I would play two versions of the song Talk Nerdy to Me. I would play one version by Possible Oscar and I would play the version by K-Face Rules.
Possible Oscar staked their claim in the song title first. Their version of Talk Nerdy to Me is a parody of the 1986 song Talk Dirty to Me by Poison. Possible Oscar not only parodied a twenty-year-old song, but they did it twice by releasing two versions of their take. The first version is from their 2007 album, The Wrath of Con, and they copied the sound and style of the original very tightly, so it still has some hair band vibe to it. The second version is from their 2011 album, The Long Overdue EP, and it's an acoustic version that plays very throaty and dusky. It's the better version. The lyrics are slightly dated with mentions of IRC, chat rooms, and Farscape, but it still plays well. It's a moody tune about a geeky guy courting a geeky gal over the internet and in meat space. It sounds like he might even stand a chance.
In 2013, Jason Derulo released the song Talk Dirty. The song was swiftly parodied by a handful of groups all calling their versions Talk Nerdy to Me. Most of the batch isn't designed for repeat play – some are school assignments – but there is some quality to be found here. Of the short list of good versions, the K-Face Rules version is the only one that I would play in a game store. It stands apart from the rest by using a quality recording, quality instrumentation and sound effects, and quality lyrics. It's a poppy hip-hop tune about a geeky guy courting a geeky gal by paying respect to her fandoms. The song drops a lot of the current pop geek culture names and lingo and fills in the breaks with sounds from familiar video games. While it overlaps with the Possible Oscar version in being a boy-meets-girl story, it is a different creature altogether. X Marks the Beat has reservations about putting two songs with the same name on a playlist, but listeners won't have any trouble distinguishing the two songs.
For a list of other versions of Talk Nerdy to Me parodying Talk Dirty, see Gaby Dunn's article: The Battle of the "Talk Nerdy to Me" Parody Videos.
Talk Nerdy to Me (accoustic) on Possible Oscar's site
Talk Nerdy to Me by K-Face Rules on Google Play
Talk Nerdy to Me lyrics by Possible Oscar
You know I never
I never had much luck with girls
They never like to read and learn
But I like to
And if I could figure out
The cosine of your heart
That'd be a good start
Oh yes it would
I never
I never try to date offline
Use algorithms built to find
My Seven of Nine
So if you look half as great
As Aeryn on Farscape
You'll be my first mate
Cause baby we'll be
In the chat room
On the IRC
Out at the Big Con
Star Trek costume for me
Down in the dungeon
Role play D&D
And baby
Talk nerdy to me
You know I dress up
Like Jedi Knights or Klingon guys
My phaser gun is set to fry
I'll be your fanboy
And my Starfleet uniform
It matches the one worn
By Leonard Nimoy
Cause baby we'll be
In the chat room
On the IRC
Out at the Big Con
Star Trek costume for me
Down in the dungeon
Role play D&D
And baby
Talk nerdy to me
Oh PC, pick up that keytar and talk to me
Yeah
Ooh-hoo
You know I love it when you talk like that baby
Cause baby we'll be
In the chat room
On the IRC
Out at the Big Con
Star Trek costumes for you and for me
Down in the dungeon
Role play D&D
And baby, talk nerdy to me, yeah
And baby, talk nerdy to me, yeah, yeah, yeah
And baby
Talk nerdy to me
Yeah
Talk Nerdy to Me lyrics by K-Face Rules
Hey listen
Get nerdy wit me
Tell me what game that you get on, is it COD or EVE?
What kind of class do you play, girl, in an R.P.G.?
'Cause I know what them elf girls need, from WOW to M.E.
I'm goin' thirty hours online straight now
You make it hard to leave
Been to Middle Earth, do you speak my language?
Your elf ears don't need explainin'
All I really need for you to do is just please
Talk nerdy to me
Talk nerdy to me
Talk nerdy to me
Get nerdy wit me
You name all twelve of the Docs, I can't resist that
And what's the core in your wand? I think that ours match
'Cause I know with me you'd get sort, Durmstrang to Hogwarts
I'm pretty sure on me you've cast a curse, girl, the Imperius one
Been to Comic-Con, hope you speak my language
Your Harley Quinn don't need explainin'
All I really need for you to do is just please
Talk nerdy to me
Talk nerdy to me
Talk nerdy to me
(What?)
Uno
Met a girl at E3
Dos
She wanted all my XP
Tres
My sixty-four makes her want me
Cuatro
Oh
(One Ring)
Up, up, down, down, forward, back, A, B
You don't need a cheat code, girl, to get with me
Just add my clan tag, bring your high K/D,
'Cause the headshots we'll be makin' will be toppin' the team
Or Magic the Gatherin', deck on deck
You like Twilight? Yeah, I ain't touchin' your neck
I got nerd friends, but they're friends with respect
I can call up Iron Man without breakin' a sweat
And I wanna hear your issues, yeah, I'm talking about your comics
'Cause the fact of the matter ain't no girl badder than a girl that talks on electronics
For us to get along just tell me Lucas got it wrong
'Cause clearly in Star Wars the first shot was made by Han
(Snap)
Love the Enterprise, now I speak the language
Your warp drive don't need explainin'
All I really need for you to do is just please
Talk nerdy to me
Talk nerdy to me
(Make it so)
Talk nerdy to me
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